Video: Installing a NetApp HCI
Hello everyone This time I made a video for you. Installing a NetApp HCI system from scratch. Have fun watching. Best regards DerSchmitz
Author Archives: Andre Unterberg
NetApp presents the new AFF A250
NetApp yesterday introduced its new All-Flash entry-level model, the AFF A250. This is to inherit the previous AFF A220, offering 45% more performance and 33% more storage efficiency. According to NetApp, the AFF A250 is in the same price range as the AFF A220. The AFF A250 comes with ONTAP 9.8. What’s new in the… Read More »
What's new in ONTAP 9.8
Hi and Hello, it’s NetApp INSIGHT time again (albeit virtual) and thus also the time in which new products and features of NetApp are announced. In this article, I’ll summarize all the new features around the world’s leading storage operating system, ONTAP 9.8. Improvement in the user interface Firmware updates via ActiveIQ System Manager Many… Read More »
NetApp Global File Cache
Hello everyone Today I would like to introduce you to NetApp’s Global File Cache. The product is quite new in the NetApp universe, but the technology is very proven. The Global File Cache (GFC) was created from NetApp’s acquisition of Talon in early 2020. After GFC was offered exclusively for NetApp’s own cloud offerings such… Read More »
Podcast Episode4: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. What is that?
In Episode 4, Data_Stefan and Der_Schmitz talk to Axel Frentzen of NetApp about NetApp’s Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO). What is CVO, what are the use cases, and what is the difference to Cloud Volume Services or Azure NetApp Files? Have fun listening. This time all with super voice quality 😉 GreetingsDer Schmitz DISCLAIMER: This post… Read More »
Podcast Episode3: NetApp and Veeam Better Together.
In episode 3, Data_Stefan and Der_Schmitz talk to Tobias Gregorius, a #VeeamVanguard, about the interaction between NetApp and Veeam. Are snapshots real backups? What do Veeam and NetApp do together? Have fun listening. DISCLAIMER: This post represents our personal observations; we are not speaking on behalf of our respective employers. Subject to misinterpretation or misunderstanding.
Podcast Episode2: NVMe, SSD or HDD?
After our Pilot podcast went online last week, we’re presenting you the next episode today. In Episode 2, @Data_Stefan and I (@Der_Schmitz) talk about the differences between NVMe, SSD and HDDs. What are the backgrounds and what do I use the respective technologies for? Have fun listening. P.S. No Stefan did not sit in a… Read More »
“OMG Now he is doing a podcast”
Something new more often! After I have been “delighting” you with blog posts for some years now, I’m now starting a podcast together with @Data_Stefan. “Now it’s time for some ear candy” The content is of course about data center technologies and everything that awaits us so exciting in the cloud. Today Episode 1: Who… Read More »
A slightly different comparison of SSD and HDD Storage
Hello, everyone,today I would like to give you an overview of the advantages of All-Flash systems compared to systems with spinning media. I can hear you screaming already: “Oh, no. Not another blog about the advantages of All-Flash systems! Now DerSchmitz is going crazy!” Of course, you know that All-Flash systems are faster than systems… Read More »
How a NetApp exam is created in times of Covid-19
Things change in times of Corona. In the past, when Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) were flown into the United States to spend a week creating a new NetApp certification exam in an Item Development Workshop (IDW), we now have to do this work remotely and virtually. This time the focus was on the new exam… Read More »